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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11962)	6/9/2000 9:42:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 13582

From the June 12, 2000 issue of Wireless Week Guest Opinion: CDMA: The Way To 3G This week at the annual CDMA World Congress the industry is celebrating the fifth anniversary of commercial service for CDMA?a wireless standard that has essentially leapfrogged other digital technologies, making third-generation services a reality. Popular wisdom says that you can?t have everything but instead must make choices and tradeoffs. Looking at what an operator wants out of a 3G solution, one might say that it is an ideal list of requirements for those who have adopted CDMA. The industry tells us that to truly offer 3G services, we need faster transmission and exciting new devices. This is happening?3G wireless communications is here. In fact, Bell Mobility, Nortel, Qualcomm, Samsung and Sprint PCS have already successfully completed a series of 3G wireless calls using CDMA 1X technology. Telstra, Verizon Wireless and LG Telecom also are in the process of implementing CDMA 1X. With numerous global 1X trials, CDMA clearly is the technology that is driving the move from second generation to 3G. The CDMA path to 1X is a simple upgrade and makes significant changes in voice and data capacity. Also, it is compatible with additional advancements that might be made to reach cdma2000. 1X can be utilized to support 3G services, not only by cdmaOne networks, but also by networks using GSM or TDMA technology. The building blocks of the 3G onramp are in 41 countries around the world today that offer cdmaOne service. cdmaOne is unique in that it can be upgraded to keep pace with market demand. cdmaOne operators will be able to upgrade their existing systems to gradually or quickly offer 3G services. cdma2000 also is the wisest choice for operators currently using technologies other than cdmaOne, as it is the only 3G tech-nology that can be deployed by operators in all of today?s cellular and PCS bands for mobile and fixed-wireless systems. GSM and TDMA operators are limited in their ability to upgrade those technologies ? only cdmaOne offers a means for moving from 2G to 3G within the current spectrum. cdmaOne operators have capitalized on the technology?s inherent advantages and are moving quickly to meet the demands of the mobile professional. Today, operators in Asia and North America have introduced e-commerce, Internet access, enhanced messaging and a variety of news and information services to millions of wireless users. In Japan, DDI and IDO are offering Web-browsing services, KT Freetel in South Korea announced availability of 64-kilobit-per-second data and in Canada, Bell Mobility introduced ?Digital Data on the Go,? a wireless banking and two-way e-mail service. As the Internet?s meteoric path continues to merge with that of the streaking wireless industry, the benefits of CDMA are becoming increasingly salient for today?s cdmaOne operators and their customers. CDMA also will become the best choice for future operators looking for a 3G solution that?s both technologically and economically superior. As the wireless industry prepares for the future, CDMA will continue to lead the way. Perry LaForge is executive director of the CDMA Development Group based in Costa Mesa, Calif.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11962)	6/10/2000 2:15:00 AM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

One of the issues on appeal will be whether the market was defined correctly as the "desktop computers using Intel chip." I wonder whether the market was too narrowly defined. The thing I find really weird is the argument (finding) that Netscape was unable to get on the desktop. I have bought computers, and I always got Netscape as well as Internet Explorer bundled. Qcom clearly has a monopoly in cdma wireless using a Qcom chip. Duh. That's what patent law is for. But, the competition with GSM, TDMA can hardly be said to be anything but fearce, to say the least. Nevertheless, if one takes DOJ's argument to its logical extension, Qcom violates the anti-trust law by incorporating into its chips more features, e.g. GPS. DOJ would require Qcom to have GPS as a separate software program, so the handset maker or carrier can use someone else's software program. No company will be able to embed additional features. Then, of course, the whole idea of online embedded software has to go because it's anti-competitive. AOL better watch out; it can't place applications software online, because it would be anti-competitive to in-the-box software. If estate taxes go away, then the DOJ will take over the role of destroying wealth before the person dies.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11962)	6/10/2000 4:03:00 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 13582

how come MSFT OS software has always been so absurdly cheap? because Windows is ... - a very buggy inferior product (it fails for me at least 5 times per week) - packaged with mediocre utilities that were coerced into donation, not best-in-class (competitive products like anti-virus and memory mgmt were requested to "donate" or else get squashed after such utilities were bundled into the operating system) - better integrated with software applications like Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook with all due respect, Maurice, Windows is almost a loss leader product within a monopoly framework, priced somewhat low to placate the edstablishment the real competition is with Windows NT, aka Windows2000 it comes up against Sun Solaris in a dogfight / Jim

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11962)	6/10/2000 5:49:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 13582

More China: Globalstar Launch - Vodatel to manufacture CDMA equipment >> *Globalstar Launches Chinese Satellite Service* RDSL 09 June 2000 Total Telecom Asia Globalstar has launched a commercial mobile satellite phone service in china. China Spacecom, service provider partner of Globalstar, is initially offering fixed-phone and mobile services from Globalstar's gateway in Beijing, China. The services include voicemail and short messaging services. An extra two gateways are due to be completed in Guangzhou and Lanzhou, both China, in early 2001, offering coverage throughout the rest of China. Over the coming few months, Internet access and fax will be added. << ========== >> *China's Vodatel announces CDMA equipment venture* RDSL 08 June 2000 Total Telecom Asia Vodatel Networks Holdings, the Chinese network solutions provider, has announced an alliance between its associated company Guangzhou Thinker Vodatel (GTV), data communications manufacturer Guangzhou Post & Telecom Equipment (GPTE), and South Korean CDMA equipment supplier LG Information & Communications, to manufacture CDMA terminals and systems. GTV is a joint venture between Vodatel Networks and Guangzhou Thinker Communications Technology, a unit of Guangdong Telecoms Academy of Science & Technology. The venture will focus on WLL, PCS and digital cellular networks and systems. << - Eric -